Triple
T645951
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Battle of Guangzhou |
E11241
|
entity |
| Predicate | theater |
P1060
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War
The South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War was a major regional front where Chinese and Japanese forces fought for control of key southern provinces and port cities, including strategic hubs like Guangzhou.
|
E80673
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War | Statement: [Battle of Guangzhou, theater, South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War Context triple: [Battle of Guangzhou, theater, South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War]
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A.
Central China Front
The Central China Front was a major Japanese military formation responsible for conducting operations in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including the Wuhan campaign.
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B.
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) was a major conflict between China and Japan that became one of the largest and bloodiest theaters of World War II in East Asia.
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C.
Chinese Civil War (early phase)
The early phase of the Chinese Civil War was a protracted conflict in the 1920s–1930s between the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and the Chinese Communist Party that shaped the political and military landscape of Republican-era China before the Second World War.
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D.
Battle of Shanghai (1937)
The Battle of Shanghai (1937) was one of the largest and bloodiest early engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War, marking a major urban conflict between Chinese and Japanese forces that signaled the war’s escalation.
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E.
Wuhan campaign
The Wuhan campaign was a major 1938 military operation in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, marked by large-scale battles and heavy casualties as Japan sought to capture the strategic city of Wuhan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War Triple: [Battle of Guangzhou, theater, South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War]
Generated description
The South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War was a major regional front where Chinese and Japanese forces fought for control of key southern provinces and port cities, including strategic hubs like Guangzhou.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War Target entity description: The South China theater of the Second Sino-Japanese War was a major regional front where Chinese and Japanese forces fought for control of key southern provinces and port cities, including strategic hubs like Guangzhou.
-
A.
Central China Front
The Central China Front was a major Japanese military formation responsible for conducting operations in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, including the Wuhan campaign.
-
B.
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) was a major conflict between China and Japan that became one of the largest and bloodiest theaters of World War II in East Asia.
-
C.
Chinese Civil War (early phase)
The early phase of the Chinese Civil War was a protracted conflict in the 1920s–1930s between the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and the Chinese Communist Party that shaped the political and military landscape of Republican-era China before the Second World War.
-
D.
Battle of Shanghai (1937)
The Battle of Shanghai (1937) was one of the largest and bloodiest early engagements of the Second Sino-Japanese War, marking a major urban conflict between Chinese and Japanese forces that signaled the war’s escalation.
-
E.
Wuhan campaign
The Wuhan campaign was a major 1938 military operation in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, marked by large-scale battles and heavy casualties as Japan sought to capture the strategic city of Wuhan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a493266a2881909daf4c40f719dee8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49f1b24b08190897d8aedb877bd83 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a57b5a0c0c81909aa3339d7ba62a0d |
completed | March 2, 2026, 11:58 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a57dbf6b1c8190981f9d85f721a7db |
completed | March 2, 2026, 12:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a57e2762908190957f71686d107483 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 12:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.